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Job Seeker’s Allowance (JSA) claimants in Devon during December increased by 58, with the total count now standing at 2,918.

However despite last month’s JSA increase the claimant count is 19% lower than during the same period last year.

Three of Devon’s eight districts experienced small decreases in JSA – West Devon saw a fall of eight, South Hams’ count dropped by four and Torridge by one.

The remaining five districts all experienced increases in claimants - East Devon was the highest with an additional 24 claimants.

The claimant rate (the proportion of...

Whether history repeats itself for Exeter Chiefs in the European Champions Cup only time will tell, but head coach Rob Baxter says he and his team will not go down without a fight.

With just one qualification round remaining in Pool 5, Devon’s finest will head across the English Channel in buoyant mood for tomorrow’s encounter against ASM Clermont Auvergne at the Stade Marcel Michelin (2pm).

Back-to-back victories in Europe, the latest of which came last Sunday at home to Ulster Rugby, has seen the Chiefs move off the foot of the table, leapfrogging the Irish province and...

Despite growth in housing sales faltering across the UK as a whole, the South West reported continued improvement in sales, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveys (RICS) Residential Market Survey for December 2016.

While the majority of the UK saw a fall in sales in December, the South West saw 16% more chartered surveyors reporting a rise in sales last month; however figures for predicted sales over the next three months marked a noticeable slow down with 12% of respondents anticipating a fall. Whilst respondents anticipate a slower start to 2017, the survey...

A group of Exeter businesses has banded together to raise awareness about tackling cyber attacks, currently the UK’s fastest rising crime.

The aim is to make Exeter Britain’s first Cyber City with a special week of events being held next month, to educate businesses as a matter of urgency on how to prevent being hacked and what steps to take after a cyber attack.

Cyber Security Awareness Week (Feb 6 – 10) will feature a series of workshops, talks and one-to-one sessions in venues around the city. Among the demonstrations will be a ‘live’ ransomware attack, showing just how...